American Standard Version of 1901
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Search me, O God, and know my heart:Try me, and know my thoughts;
And see if there be any {Or, way of pain}wicked way in me,And lead me in the way everlasting.
A Psalm of David.Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity:I have trusted also in Jehovah {Or, I shall not slide}without wavering.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;Try my {Hebrew: reins.}heart and my mind.
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes;And I have walked in thy truth.
I have not sat with men of falsehood;Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I hate the assembly of evil-doers,And will not sit with the wicked.
I will wash my hands in innocency:So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
That I may {Or, publish with the voice of thanksgiving}make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard,And tell of all thy wondrous works.
Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house,And the place {Hebrew: of the tabernacle of thy glory.}where thy glory dwelleth.
{Or, Take not away}Gather not my soul with sinners,Nor my life with men of blood;
In whose hands is wickedness,And their right hand is full of bribes.
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
My foot standeth in an even place:In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;Try my {Hebrew: reins.}heart and my mind.
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes;And I have walked in thy truth.
I have not sat with men of falsehood;Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I hate the assembly of evil-doers,And will not sit with the wicked.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the {Hebrew: reins.}heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous;But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.